Clasp or fastener.



PATENTED MAY 5, 1903.

NO MODEL.

(jaunt Roz UNITED STATES Patented May 5, 1903 ALBERT P. LEWIS, OFPHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLASP OR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,162, dated May 5,1903. Application filed July 30,1902. Serial No. 117,706. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT P. LEWIS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClasps or Fasteners, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to connections or supports for garments andthe'like; and the primary object is to provide a simple, compact,reliable, and inexpensive device capable of general use as a'connectionwhere buttons or the like are employed and which will admit of readyattachment and detachment of the articles thereby connected.

The improved connection comprises a hinged pendant or loop and a shield,plate, or guard having spring connection with said pendant or loop andcooperating therewith to prevent its accidental detachment.

The nature, characteristic features, and scope of the invention will bemore clearly understood from the following detailed description, takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof,wherein- Figure I is a perspective view of a connecting member orsupport embodying, features of the invention and showing the same forillustrative purposes only applied to one end of a suspender. Fig. 2 isa rear elevational view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionalview. V

In the drawings, a represents the pendant or loop, which, asillustrated, is madeof wire. Said loop is narrowed atits extremity, soas to underlie a button or the like, as in dicated in Fig. 1, and therespective arms of the loop are coiled, as at b, to provide eyes,through which is passed a wire that is-then looped to form the attachingmember 0, which constitutes, in elfect, a hinge for the pendant or loopa. After forming the coils or springs b the arms or free ends (1 of thependant or loop are directed downwardly and constitute supports for ashield, plate, or guard e, that may be of sheet metal and the edges ofwhich are beaded or bent over the arms orsupports' d, as shown at e inFigs. land 2.

In use the attaching member 0 is sewed or otherwise secured to a band m,which maybe the end of a Suspender or one of the straps of ahorse-blanket or the like, and the loop or pendant a is slid under abutton y or the like that is secured to the member a to be connected.When thus connected the device cannot accidentally become detached,because the spring plate or guard 6 will bear against the button, andthus prevent the pendant from slipping down sufficiently to disengageitself. By simply raising the guard e in respect to the loop or pendantthe latter can at once be released;

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the inventionappertains that modifications may be made in details without departingfrom the'spirit and scope of the same. Hence I do not limit inyself tothe precise construction and arrangement of parts hereinbeforedescribed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings; but,

Having described the nature and objects of theinvention, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

Adevice of the character stated, comprising a pendant consisting of awire bent to form a loop adapted for engagement with a button, said wirehaving its ends coiled and bent in the direction of the loop, a shieldor keeper attached to the ends of the wire and covering the wide portionof the loop, and a suspending-loop loosely engaging the coils of thewire, substantially as'described.

In testimony whereof I havehereuntosigned my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

.-ALBERT- P. LEWIS. Witnesses:

WV. J. JACKSON,

J AS. A. RICHMOND.

